Social Share Options on Constant Contact – Tutorial
Constant Contact offers a number of ways to encourage social activity and to facilitate social sharing. When using the Email tool to create an e-newsletter, a flyer, invitation or any other mailing, you have three different options; social share buttons you can add to the top of an email, social
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Using Social Media to Make Live Networking Events More Effective
Recently, a client wrote to ask for suggestions on how to use social media to get the most out of a convention she would be attending this summer. I thought that I would share the answer here, as the advice can certainly apply to, and benefit, anyone attending any type
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Facebook Tools, Tips and Resources – FREE E-Book!
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5 Ways to Use Personalization in Your E-newsletters and Mailings
Personalizing your e-newsletter, the process of adding someone’s name or contact information into the opening or a field of text, has, in most cases, proven to increase engagement. But it can also backfire. I am sure that you have, at some point, received an email with your last name first
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Dear First Name – When Personalization Doesn’t Work!
This week, a client wrote: I created a new email and wanted to insert the clients first name. I copied and pasted it from an earlier email and it appeared in the email “client’s first name” – but no name was added. I would like to know how to insert
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LinkedIn “Skills” Section – Explanation and Tutorial
Recently, LinkedIn has added a feature to allow people to ‘Endorse’ the skills you have included in your personal profile. (See this post for more on how and why to use the Endorsement feature) But as a colleague recently pointed out, if your skill section is not up to date,
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LinkedIn Question: How do I upload my Resume?
A client wrote this week to ask, ‘How do I upload my resume on LinkedIn?’ First, LinkedIn wants you to use THEIR format and their fields for all your info so there is no real ‘section’ for this. Your LinkedIn personal profile is designed to be an elaborate, online resume
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Endorsements – NEW LinkedIn Feature!
You may have noticed that LinkedIn has introduced a new feature called ‘Endorsements’. It is a quick and easy way for you ‘endorse’ one or more of the ‘Skills’ someone has listed in their LinkedIn profile and for others to endorse those you have added to your own profile.
Helping Your Customers Become Brand Ambassadors
I saw a post a few weeks ago with some small business case studies, one of which featured a company that sells outdoor fireplaces. The company puts extra business cards into every box they ship, knowing, as they say, that people WILL ask the customer where they got the item.
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Adding Personalization to your Constant Contact Mailings – Tutorial
Recently, a client wrote: “I would like to add the recipients name to the subject line and body of my next Constant Contact mailing – can you please help me with this?” Unfortunately, Constant Contact does not have a way to personalize the subject line. But yes, you can add
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